2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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Date 11 December 2006		Other ceremonies 2005, 2007

Winners Martin Scorsese, Guillermo Navarro

The 72nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 11 December 2006.

Winners

Best Actor:

Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

Runners-up: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson and Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat

Best Actress:

Helen Mirren – The Queen

Runners-up: Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal and Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada

Best Animated Feature:

Happy Feet

Runners-up: A Scanner Darkly and Cars

Best Cinematography:

Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)

Runners-up: Zhao Xiaoding – Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) and Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men

Best Director:

Martin Scorsese – The Departed

Runners-up: Stephen Frears – The Queen and Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Film:

United 93

Runners-up: The Queen and The Departed

Best First Film:

Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson

Runners-up: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine and Dito Montiel – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Best Foreign Language Film:

Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres) • France/Italy

Runners-up: Volver • Spain and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) • Romania

Best Non-Fiction Film:

Deliver Us from Evil

Runners-up: 49 Up, Borat and An Inconvenient Truth

Best Screenplay:

Peter Morgan – The Queen

Runners-up: William Monahan – The Departed and Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actor:

Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children

Runners-up: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls and Steve Carell – Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress:

Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

Runners-up: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson and Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration

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